XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: njnagel@roosters.net   
      
   On 06/29/2010 09:54 PM, Brent wrote:   
   > On 2010-06-30, Nate Nagel  wrote:   
   >> On 06/29/2010 05:47 PM, Hachiroku ???? wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:11:53 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,   
   >>> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This is not an exaggeration. Think of the respect dogs get, where few   
   >>>> drivers would push them around, and you will see how twisted and blind the   
   >>>> ATTITUDE toward cyclists is.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dogs are dogs. As such, their thinking is limited. That said, when it   
   >>> comes to using or crossing the roadway, I have seen some dogs that were   
   >>> smarter than cyclists. (dogs don't ride two abreast in the middle of the   
   >>> road on a blind corner...)   
   >>>   
   >>> Why do you have the Noam Chomsky group in the follow up...?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I agree with Hachi...  dogs are only as smart as their masters and how   
   >> well they've been trained.  Cyclists, on the other hand, presumably sat   
   >> through driver's ed and know what a "STOP" sign means, unlike the   
   >> spandex-clad weenie that I just saw not an hour ago...   
   >   
   > Or the driver I saw just a few minutes ago... I'm biking going 22mph in   
   > a 25mph zone. Driver races up on me at 35mph passes, slows to about   
   > 15mph for the stop sign and keeps on going through a left turn.   
   >   
   > The vehicle simply doesn't matter, people drive and bike largely the   
   > same way.   
      
      
   At least around here, the drivers are slow and stupid.  (I know that's   
   not the case where you live.)  The cyclists stop for nothing and are stupid.   
      
   nate   
      
      
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